Stand!

Different strokes for different folks. This didn't stroke anything for me outside Everyday People. A three seems too much.

Letkeetä

Great opening that rapidly fell off. Definitely felt the vibes though

Parts were enjoyable but overall just not my jam.

Nah

Might come back to it later

2. Ok but probably won't listen again or buy.

There is some really cool funk-soul here, like the title track, 'You Can Make it if You Try', 'Sing a Simple Song' and 'I Want to Take You Higher'. All the different voices fluttering in and out is fun, and clearly influenced the likes of Parliament. Larry Graham is a beast of a bass player. However, 'Sex Machine' absolutely sucks the whole album into a black hole of self-indulgence. It's horrible! And lasts for almost fourteen minutes! Get rid of this and replace with two or three more focused songs and you'd be looking at an easy four stars. The older I get, the less patient I have become with endless jams.

Not for me

Meh

Very 60's, not really my thing

Good, not great

2.75

Meh.

Meh

Really didn't know what to make of this other than I didn't enjoy it at all. Some of it' is truly bad. The awful 13 min instrumental in it really tested my resolve to listen to all the albums all the way through. I believe it's one of the worst songs I've ever heard. I almost ended up rating this a 1 but I enjoyed the last track just enough to sneak it into a 2.

I hate jam bands. Okay ‘somebody’s watching you’ is a vibe I can get behind. Sex machine was long af that blew me. I’m sure under the right circumstances I would fw this more, a little too loosely organized for my taste.

This is one of the least interesting funk albums i’ve ever listened to. The first half was alright I liked it, but that second half was a chore to get through. Very bland rhythms and the vocals are generic to me. Not replayable for me.

It's alright, but it's not really for me. I thought there'd be more standout tracks, but a lot of it feels quite repetitive. Some of the longer jamming moments feel pretty tedious.

some good bits, but mostly felt like a series of failed experiments

Sex Machine may be the last song I listen to on this album.

There were a few decent tunes on this but it largely passed me by, not my favourite funk album and it's not a genre I particularly like.

Most songs sounded the same, and I was a bit disappointed.

These song are really repetitive. I know a lot of songs are, but I just couldn’t pay attention past like a minute in to any of them. The only exceptions were Everyday People (which clocked in at just over 2 minutes anyway), and - ironically - Sex Machine (which was 13 minutes long but actually included some variation and was a good, funky jam). Overall, it’s fine. But weren’t there other bands doing the whole “funk” thing better at the time. This just doesn’t do much for me.

Stand out - Everyday People

Just OK. A lot of it way too indulgent. Must have been a fun live band though. (prior listen)

Some cool bops but pretty generic.

Thought I was going to like this and I just didn’t

Not my particular brand of music. I can see that there is cultural significance in the album but the long winding instrumentals were too much for me to enjoy.

mostly very strange and exhausting songs. 1-2 catchy songs that i would listen to again.

Think I’m in a bad mood today cause I really just ain’t feeling funky. I don’t think I’m the funkiest funker at the best of times

Clearly good. Not my genre.

Didnt love this, I just like more tight songs

Pues en general suena muy bien y al principio prometía, pero ha ido de más a menos. Con salvedades como "You can make it you try". Me he aburrido, lo siento.

Old school funk, did not enjoy it much

Shouldn’t be on this list

It was aight

Not my thing. Strange for the time, strange for now. An interesting blend of genres that didn't really do it for me.

Not my jam soz

Bit dull with some good drumming

couple great songs, that's about it

Maybe I’m just not in a funk mood today? Got into it a few times, but not enough to like it as a whole. Kinda shrill sometimes. But would probably be good on a dance floor or something

Couple nice songs :x

Songs feel repetitive. I can see the influence of future bands, but I'm not really enjoying this album. Everyday People is a progressive song lyrically. I like this in moderation but would not listen to an entire album at once again.

Too chaotic for me

Loving the last 30 seconds or so of Stand!. Trumpet solo on point in I Want to Take You Higher. Good music but style does not particularly speak to me due to the repetitive lyrics. In general, Funk does little for me.

Alright Album, Soul Funk with a mix of weirdness thrown in. Pre-Cursor in some ways to Funkadelic but missing the drive of the music and the singing lacks a intimidating punch. Some decent listens but overall just an average listen to me.

Starts out strong with a great melodic footprint, setting down some major grooves and thematic pillars for the rest of the album. Falls apart about midway through, though, as tracks become more and more interlude-like with little driving focus.

Alright, the 13 minute song was a bit much.

Okay, not bad but wouldn't relisten much.

I thought this would be better than it was. The instrumentation irked me at times. Maybe it was the mixing, but I had to stop listening with headphones because certain sounds were grating. Everyday People was enjoyable at least.

Meh. Didn't really like it.

Pues su funk suena a ratos bien, a ratos muy extraño. No me atrajo. El funk que suena bien no pasa de ahí y el extraño me repele. No me quedaron nada de ganas de volverlos a escuchar.

Pretty fun and funky album. No huge standouts to me. Although the monstrous 12ish minute song did have some wild times in it.

Was looking forward to this and expected quite a bit out of it - however why it’s overall a good funk album it’s kind of a bit flat overall. Love the instrumental jams and the humour but the singles are not very remarkable. Quite an average album.

I'm not on enough drugs for this.

2 1/2

Except for Everyday People I thought this was mostly forgettable, having aged poorly. 2.5

Some good tracks

This album feels incomplete. The parts feel disjointed too often. For a while I wasn’t even getting a funk vibe. It does show up around Sing A Simple Song. I think listening to Sex Machine would have the opposite of the implied effect. I find far too much of this album boring.

I tried getting into it, I just couldn't. But it wasn't bad

Ok. I wouldn’t put it on though.

The 14-minute 'Sex Machine' captures this album in...well, not quite a nutshell. Exciting, enthralling, fades into repetitive dullness, then just as it seems to have outstayed its welcome sparks back into something interesting again.

Oh good, 1969 again! ffs list. This had a few moments but mostly it was psychedelic nonsense. Felt longer than 40min, too - the fucking 14min extended jam track didn't help. At least it's funk-based and not folk psychedelia, I guess. 2/5.

wasn't super impressed really short album (like 5 songs)

Tja, funkadelic, p-funk of hoe het ook allemaal heet. Ik zie toch altijd een vogelverschrikker en een blikke man lopen op een gele weg, als ik dit hoor.

Leuk voor een keer, maar soul en r&b is gewoon niet echt mijn ding.

Nooit echt mijn ding geweest.

Not bad

It was okay, nothing stood out for me though.

A stalled fist synonym- threatens to punch, but doesn’t deliver. A few good moments, but I was ready for more

Was looking forward to this, but it dissapointed big time.

important themes, not my go-to for type of music

I didn’t care for this album, but it wasn’t bad.

i have an old friend who's really into these guys. we are more different than i'd thought. i mean, overall, this was, you know, fine. Everyday People will always be catchy, so there's that. and i didn't realize until just now that body count was covering these guys - i remember seeing them do Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey at the first lotsalosers back in '91, and although i only ever heard it that one time (until i got to the body count album in this list), it stayed with me all this time. thing is, that was ice-t, not these guys. this album feels ahead of its time, based on what i know of music from 1969 - the thing is, i don't really love that funky disco thing that happened in the 70s, sooo...yeah. this one really isn't for me.

It was okay.

This is a soul/funk album from '69 fueled with a lot of the controversies that were happening at the time - and some continue to this day. I feel like these controversies take away from the music and end up souring my opinion on this album. The funk is good while the junk in the lyrics is not. The album can be considered historically important though as a result.

Soul no es mi fuerte. Me pareció interesante el Sex Machine que se quedan tocando por 13 minutos. 2/5

Bof, pas mauvais en soi, mais rien de ouf

Definitely a lot of funk. One really well know song. Most of the songs did not have lyrics. The Sex Machine joke writes itself. Also, I thought that Sex Machine was going to be the song Love Machine....it was not.

Not my kind of thing at all. Didn't bother with the 'bonus' tracks.

meh

Was ok

2/5 it reminded me of Jimi Hendrix sounds, but not my cup of tea.

Liked one song.

Some good songs but overall not that great.

Album qui s’écoutent bien mais pas un chef d’œuvre, j’ai même pas tant le goût de le commenter ça veut dire qu’il n’a pas soulever mes passions Je l’évite sex machine Je levite dont call me nigga

en spectacle ils etaient tres fort a l Écoute ce sont les hits seulement eh oui

Wasn't the biggest fan if this album, which is surprising given that funk is one of my favorite genres. Many of these melodies sounded uninspired, the songs were repetitive and there's really nothing here that distinguishes this album from many other funk albums. There were some gems though, I absolutely loved "somebody's watching you" which reminded me of Frank Zappa in its zany vocal delivery and experimental instrumentation, I just wish the rest of the album was like that. The songs weren't bad necessarily, they were just forgettable.

It was alright.

Thought I would enjoy, but did not

I mean it was pretty okay, but nothing super got me beyond "Everyday People"

meh

Somebody had the good idea to give a guitar to one of the Jackson 5 kids....

Some classics, the jams are too long though.

Key Songs: Stand!, Everyday People, You Can Make It If You Try

Groovy

Absolument rien ressenti en écoutant l'album + la prod de 13 min nique ta grand mère

No es mi estilo

ДОНТ КОЛ МИ НИГЕР ВАЙТИ пожилой гуфи слопчик

C'est pas parce que l'album a influencé des artistes qu'il est bien. Ça a mal vieilli, comme tout le rap de cette époque, non merci la nostalgie ne m'aura pas sur celui là.

Loud and noisy proto-disco. Discordant, annoying. I felt like I was halfway through, I was on track 3.

Won't be listening to this one again. I couldn't get through the album. Didn't find it particularly special.

No me gusta nada

Not for me. 1/5

Oh boy, how I regret wasting my time on this. They probably used it to torture people at Guantanamo.

This was, however, not good enough to be enjoyable with a headache. It wouldve been a 2, had I not had a headache

Overall for me this album is too much in one tone. The voice is more droning than expressive to my ear. Not a fave.

Started listening but never really heard it. So non descript it didn’t really register for me.

nd meins 1/10

This funk/soul album fires off punchy horns, rubbery bass lines, clipped guitars, and exuberant group vocals feeling like being dragged through a nonstop street parade—vibrant and overflowing with energy and fatiguing instantly.

утомили

Not mine

ehhh it was fine

not a fan

Not my thing

sprawdziłem 3 piosenki reszty mi sie nie chciało, skip

3/10

I really did not like this. I only got half way through before I had to stop.

Ah nope, not for me…. But no judgement. Just nothing for me. It’s way too „acoustic“ for me… too not-rocky or not-electricy. Where my synthies at :(

Bs. Didn’t listen.

no

Mit zu alt

Noty thing

I don't like this song because the start is not that good. I would not recommend this song I don't like this song because the background instruments are not that good. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because the beat is not that good. I would not recommend this song.

Not for me, this was quite a hard listen. Musicianship is excellent, but stylistically I could gel with theses songs.

Jeez!This album was proper dull. Felt like I was stuck in slow-mo, just waiting for something to pop. The tunes didn't really hit, and the whole vibe was just flat. Could've been way more exciting, to be honest!

1. ztand - 0 2. nigger - 1 3. higher - 1 4. uuatching - 0 5. zimple - 1.5 6. people - 1.5 7. zez - 1.5 8. try - 1 9. ztand - 1 10. higher - 0 11. try - 1 12. zoul - 0 13. brain - 1

I jus

I didn't really love this. It wasn't horrible, but I wont be giving it a re-listen.

scuffed....

would never listen again

Trash

In my opinion, I don't really like this album. I don't know why, but I don't like the singers, the background music, anything. I highly recommend that you don't listen to this album. I only like the scating in some of the songs, and that's all. And it's not even really scating. I highly recommend that you do NOT listen to this album.

Not for me

Did not like it all. Thought I’d really give disco a go and sly are well known but just could not vibe with any of the songs.

I recognized a couple but I did not enjoy the album at all.

Reeks of hippy

Awful! Simplistic repetitive and tuneless.

Seicht poppig mit social commentary.

No

No me gustó!

H*jnia

Not my vibe

Not good

Sorry but this genre of music does not do it for me. Avoided it when I was young but unlike some genre’s which I have grown to like and appreciate this type of funk and soul I cannot listen to and always push the stop button. Only good thing I can say is that some tracks take me back to my Mecca nightclub days standing at side of dance floor etc etc but even those nights sometimes turned out bad and this is a soundtrack for those times.

Nicht mein Geschmack.

Annoyingly funky.

If I could give it zero stars I would. Could not finish. It’s just noise

It was ok - not my favorite. I don't think I really like The Family Stone

not my jam. felt like a really long album.

Liked the music on a few songs. Overall, not a fan. No downloads.

Eh

dislike

No.

Stick to the movies sly

Sex machine is a 13 minutes song.

nope.

Not my style

IM A MOTHERFUCKING MONSTER